Dec
28

Last Crafty Friday of 2018!

Saying hello to 2019 in style with New Year bunting!

who doesn’t love bunting?

It’s been an amazing year for us. Managing to get Story Craft Theatre up and running whilst raising toddlers and having more babies has been an incredibly proud achievement. We’re already taking bookings for parties; have organised more school workshops and have lots planned for Crafty Tales at the York Theatre Royal. Needless to say we’re really excited about what the New Year has in store.

We’re hoping you all had a great Christmas; not to many tantrums and lots of lie-ins??? Ha ha haaaa haaaa!!!!!!

Well, for the last Crafty Friday blog of this year we thought it would be nice to use it towards the New Year, whilst recycling a little bit of Christmas. If you have any scraps of wrapping paper, gift card, ribbon, cracker party hats etc. . . .now is the time to put them to use.

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. We’ll be back on the 4th.

Cassie and Janet xx

 

You will need:


Large sheet of card. Ideally black or white for clarity.

Bits of used wrapping paper, cards, gift tags etc

Scissors and pencil

Ruler or template (using the top of a Tupperware pot)

String or Ribbon

Glue and sellotape

 

Step 1

Draw around template (you’ll need 12) or draw out rectangles. The size and shape is totally down to you. It can be as big or as small as you like. Obviously the younger the little folk you’re working with, then the bigger it can be for ease.

Once you’ve done this you can cut them out.

Step 2:

Draw out HAPPY NEW YEAR in pencil on each piece of card as a guide for your sticking. Good opportunity for those who are learning their letters to have a go at drawing each one. Leave a little extra at the top as you’ll be folding this down later.

Step 3:

Now this it the fun bit if your children like cutting things up. Let them go for it on the wrapping paper. Get them to cut as small as they can so you get lots of different little pieces to use. There will be a need of sweeping up afterwards but this will keep them occupied for a good amount of time!!

Step 4:

Basically you’re looking to create little collage for each letter. Use the glue to go over your pencilled markings of the letters and then get sticking. This is where the bigger the letters and bigger the pieces of paper make it easier for the younger children.

Step 5:

Get the letters in the correct order. Turn over and fold down the tops by about a cm.

Step 6:

Run your ribbon or string along the fold. Glue the top part and stick down. You can also use a piece of sellotape to make sure it sticks.

You can run the bunting all along as one or make it in 3 parts like we’ve done. Just remember to leave yourself extra at either end to tie up.

Enjoy! If you like the post, please leave us a wee comment xx

Dec
21

Crafty Christmas Friday

Wishing you a very merry crafty Christmas!!

Can you believe it’s the Friday before Christmas already?! It’s come round so fast. With a couple of days still to go we thought a Christmas themed craft would help keep little ones a little distracted over the weekend.

A reminder that we’ll be starting our Crafty Tales at York Theatre Royal on January 11th. You can book tickets via their website here or you can always pop along on the morning. Tickets are £5 (10% off if you purchase a full term) It’s 10.15-11.30 and we meet in the cafe first before heading upstairs for some fun multi-sensory interactive story time.

Back to the Christmas craft. You most likely would have decorated your Christmas tree by now if you’re getting one. . . then again if you have young kids maybe not!! Our craft this week is a mini Christmas tree to hang. See below for what you will need and as before mince pies are optional.

Janet and Cassie xx

What you will need:
Green Card
Another piece of coloured card
Stickers
Pipe cleaner
Scissors
Glue

Pencil and ruler

 

 

Step 1:

Make a small tie at the top of the pipe cleaner then fold the green card in half and draw out a long triangle. You’ll want to make it shorter than the pipe cleaner you’ll be using.

Step 2:
Cut out the shape. You will now have 2 triangles from the folded card. Keep them together and  divide them into 5 sections; drawing 4 lines across roughly the same distance between. You can use the ruler if you want to be precise. Drawing the lines helps mini Crafters cutting practice . . .they might not stick to the lines but hey it’s worth a go!

 

Step 3:
Glue the pieces of card together
with the pipe cleaner in the middle.
Make sure you leave the hoop at
the top sticking out from the top.

 

 

 

 

 

Step 4:
Fold the other piece of coloured card you have. Draw and cut out tree base. Glue both sides and stick together with the bottom of the pipe cleaner inside.

Step 5:
Decorate with stickers. Obviously this is just one way we have decorated the tree. You can cut out shapes, cover with glitter or use old wrapping paper rather that green card. Go wild . . . just maybe not with the glitter. Telling a child to
go wild with glitter = sparkly mayhem!!

 

Merry Christmas Everyone xx

 

Dec
16

Horrah!! Our first post.

Hello and welcome to Story Craft Theatre’s first ever blog.

It’s been a pretty exciting week for us; we have just launched our website. A massive thank you to our friends Giles and Charlotte who put it all together, Steph for helping create our logo and sister in law Virginia who had the arduous task of proof reading it for us. Without the support of our friends and family we wouldn’t have a theatre company so a massive thank you to you!
We will be posting a new craft activity every Friday. With this in mind, we have decided to name our blog ‘Crafty Fridays’. It took us ages  to come up with that one!
If you would like to hear from us more than once a week, we are on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, email and you can also ring us anytime. As parents of small children we will usually be awake.
Janet and Cassie xx
We know it’s not Friday yet but as we’re just starting up on the blog, here’s a little something to get you feeling festive. We love making Christmas cards; not only are they an extra special gift, it’s a great activity to do on a cold raining day. Below is a step by step guide on how to make a snowman card.
We find that making these whilst eating mince pies is a wonderful idea!!

You will need:

  • Dark coloured card A4
  • White paper A4
  • Small piece of black card
  • Small piece orange card
  • Pens
  • Pencil
  • Chalk
  • Glue and scissors

Step 1:

Fold the card and paper in the middle and draw the shape of a snowman on the dark coloured card and cut out.

Step 2:

Glue the white paper inside to the dark card.

Step 3:

Cut out a hat and arms from the black card and a carrot nose from the orange card and stick down.

Step 4:

Add some detail with pen; eyes, smile, buttons, scarf etc. Make it a snowy scene with some chalk.

There’s loads of designs you can go for. . . especially if the snow storm does hit and you find yourselves indoors a little longer than you had planned!

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